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amber fish

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am⋅ber⋅fish

[am-ber-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
amberjack.

Origin:
1665–75; amber + fish

am⋅ber⋅jack

[am-ber-jak]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -jack, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -jacks.
any of several yellow to coppery fork-tailed fishes of the genus Seriola, as S. dumerili of warm Atlantic waters.
Also called amberfish.


Origin:
1890–95; amber (color) + jack 1 (kind of fish)
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